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J. VOLK.

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Patented: Mar. 3, 1885.

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UNITED STATES JACOB VOLK, OF ST.

LOUIS, MISEOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO CHARLES WENDEMUTH, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-PEDESTAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,461, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed August 9, 1884.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB VoLK, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Car- Pedestals, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My improvement consists in the described manner of connecting the pedestal to the body of the car. The construction is such that the pedestal can swing outward to some extent, so as to giverelief in turning a curve and in lateral sway.

Figure 1 is a front view of a pedestal and sill-plate with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a side view of same, showing the side sill of the car in section. Fig. 3 is a top view of the pedestal. Fig. 1 is a vertical sectionat 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a top View of the sill-plate. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the sill-plate. Fig. 7 is'a vertical section at 7 7, Fig. 1.

A is one of the side sills of the car-body. The sill-plate B is connected to the sill by two bolts, 0, passing vertically through the sill and through holes 0 in the plate B. The top of the pedestal D is recessed at D, to give place to the nuts 0 upon the bolts 0 beneath the sill-plate. The sill-plate has two rounded bearing-ribs, E, which have bearing in open grooves F in the top of the pedestal. The fit of the ribs in the grooves is so free that the pedestal can rock on these bearings. The bearings E F, it will be seen, are at or near the outer face of the pedestal, so that the weight of the car upon the axle-box will tend to restore the pedestal to a Vertical position after it has been swung outward. The pedestal is loosely secured to the sill-plate by a through rubber springs I and J, the former of which is interposed between the pedestal and the sill-plate, and the latter'beneath the top plate of the pedestal and a washeiyK, resting upon a nut, L, on the lower end of the staybolt.

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The spring I is to prevent the pedestal from striking against the-sill-plate, (and the resulting noise and jar,) while the spring J is to check the outward movement of the pedestal, and to assist in restoring it to its vertical position and holding it in such position. The ends of the springs I rest in cups M of the sill-plate and pedestal to prevent the splitting of the ends of the springs. The springs J may be protected by cups in the same manner. This improvement dispenses with the necessity of transverse bracing for the pedestals, either by exterior braces or by collars on the axles. The axle-j ournals may be'made smooth,

so that the brasses may slide outward upon them as the car-body moves laterally and the pedestals swing outward.

I claim as my invention 1. A car-pedestal hinged to the body or frame at or near its outer side, and having a bearingshoulder within the hinge-bearing constructed to limit the inward movement of the pedestal upon its hinge-bearing.

2. A car-pedestal hinged to the body or frame at or near its outer side, and having a bearing shoulder within the hinge, with a cushion-spring between the bearing-shoulder and the car body or frame, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a car-body sill or timber, of a car-pedestal, a rocking or hinge-- bearing between. them, and a stay-bolt limiting the outward movement of the pedestal, for the purpose set forth.

4. A car-pedestal having a rocking bearing beneath a car body or frame, a shoulder within the hinge arresting the inward movement of the pedestal, a cushion-spring between the shoulder and the timber of the car body or frame to which the pedestal is hinged, and a 6. The sill-plate secured to the timber of a. upon the bolt between the shoulders and becar or truck and having bearing-ribs, a pedheath the pedestal-shoulder, respectively, for estal having bearing-recesses therein receivthe purpose set forth. ing the ribs upon the sill-plate and Working 5 thereon, bearingshoulders upon the sill-plate Witnesses:

and pedestal within the line of the hinge, a SAML. KNIGHT, stay-bolt connecting the shoulders, and springs GEO. H. KNIGHT.

J AOOB VOLK. 

